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LA PAZ, Sept 17 - Bolivia's Assembly extended a state of emergency for 90 days on Thursday, citing persistent risks that demonstrators protesting the government's policies could mount new road blockades disrupting supplies and economic activity.
The City Boy Movement has dismissed calls for the return of petrol subsidy, arguing that the current hardship caused by rising pump prices is being driven largely by global geopolitical tensions, particularly the conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran and its impac...
The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, governorship candidate in Zamfara State, Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa, has pledged to resign if his administration fails to achieve at least 75 per cent of its security objectives within two years, if elected governor in the 2027 general elect...
International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola has pushed back against new US visa restrictions targeting South Africans linked to policies Washington says enable race-based discrimination and uncompensated land seizures.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says she believes it is time to move to a broader alliance with Canada. (Photo: AFP) BRUSSELS - EU chief Ursula von der Leyen’s proposal to make Canada an “associate member” of the bloc is not aimed against the United States, the...
Residents of Piddington have objected strongly to a government plan to house up to 1,200 asylum seekers at a nearby Ministry of Defence site in Oxfordshire, northwest of London. (Photo: AFP) LONDON - An English village of around 350 people announced on Wednesday that a vast major...
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court has urged Congress on Wednesday, September 16, to pass a law that defines and determines the scope of the prohibition against political dynasties “at the earliest opportunity.”
MANILA, Philippines — The personal assistant of former House speaker Martin Romualdez, who is charged with him in a P7.44-billion plunder case, left the Philippines before the Sandiganbayan banned them from exiting the country, according to the Bureau of Immigration.
Premier Ford suggested that he's willing to pursue a controversial policy that would force Ontarians battling addiction into treatment, something he calls a "moral obligation."
So far, the campaign has largely been dominated by topics such as Canada's trade war with the U.S., the cost of living, immigration and language politics.
Politicians in Newfoundland and Labrador are expected to vote Thursday on whether they support a new 50-year agreement to share energy from Labrador with Hydro-Québec.
Sweden's left-wing opposition won a narrow majority in the country's general election after the vote count ended Thursday, but faces laborious negotiations to form a government. The incumbent prime minister, conservative Ulf Kristersson, announced his resignation.
Minister for public service says the devices pose ‘legitimate privacy and security concerns’ in commonwealth-run workplaces The Albanese government is considering a “world-leading” ban on smart glasses in its offices and service centres as councils around Australia push the techn...
Der AfD-Verteidigungspolitiker Rüdiger Lucassen geht in der Ukraine-Politik auf Distanz zu seiner eigenen Partei. Es gebe "in großen Teilen meiner Partei und Fraktion eine große Affinität zu Russland", sagte Lucassen der "Welt". Diese Affinität habe er selbst auch früher gehabt. ...
The Supreme Court stopped him, for now, but the president is on a crusade to control the midterms. Election officials are trying to tune out the noise, Alex Woodward writes
President Donald Trump has been caught up in a long-running legal battle to rename the performing arts venue after himself since late last year, culminating with its board voting to close it down for repairs earlier this week
Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson will resign after losing the country's parliamentary election, he said on Thursday, following the announcement of a final vote count.
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